2022 Hartford Court Jennifer's Vineyard Chardonnay
97 points, Lisa Perrotti-Brown
$75
Jennifer's Chardonnay shows the pedigree of its cool climate with aromatics of mandarin, pink grapefruit, mango and cool climate salinity. The wine has great weight and concentration, with interplay between the minerality and tension of the cool climate and the fruit intensity of the old Wente selection. Flavors of bright citrus and baked pineapple play off the subtle barrel influence and acidity, giving the wine great length and complexity.
97 points, Lisa Perrotti-Brown
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The 2022 Jennifer's Chardonnay pops from the glass with vibrant notes of fresh pineapple, honeydew melon, and lemongrass with suggestions of wet pebbles and fresh ginger plus a waft of lime blossom. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers amazing tension, with super-intense tropical and citrus fruit flavors, finishing long and zesty. This wine was barrel fermented and aged in French oak. Native strains were used for alcoholic and malolactic fermentation and the wine is unfined and unfiltered. Jennifer’s Chardonnay is sourced from a dramatic, steep-sloped vineyard in the windy and very cool Sebastopol Hills neighborhood of the Russian River Valley AVA. The block was planted to Old Wente selection Chardonnay in 2005."
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Independent, April 2024
Historical Acclaim
- V. 2023: 95 points, Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate, October 2025
- V. 2023: 95 points, Audrey Frick, JebDunnuck.com, July 2025
- V. 2023: 93 points, MaryAnn Worobiec, Wine Spectator, November 2025
- V. 2023: 93 points, Courtney Humiston, JamesSuckling.com, October 2025
- V. 2023: 93 points, Billy Norris, Vinous, January 2026
- V. 2023: 92 points, Tom Capo, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, December 2025
- V. 2022: 97 points, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Independent, April 2024
- V. 2022: 94 points, MaryAnn Worobiec, Wine Spectator, March 2025
- V. 2022: 94 points, Audrey Frick, JebDunnuck.com, June 2024
- V. 2022: 93 points, Tom Capo, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, March 2025
- V. 2021: 95 points, Audrey Frick, JebDunnuck.com, July 2023
- V. 2021: 94 points, Jim Gordon, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, February 2024
- V. 2021: 93 points, Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate, October 2024
- V. 2021: 93 points, Clive Pursehouse, Decanter, July 2023
- V. 2019: 98 points, Audrey Frick, JebDunnuck.com, August 2022
- V. 2019: 96 points, Virginie Boone, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, July 2022
- V. 2019: 96 points, Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate, July 2022
- V. 2019: 94 points, MaryAnn Worobiec, Wine Spectator, July 2022
- V. 2019: 93 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous, January 2023
- V. 2018: 97 points, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Robert Parker Wine Advocate, January 2021
- V. 2018: 95 points, Virginie Boone, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, November 2021
- V. 2018: 94 points, Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com, July 2021
- V. 2018: 93 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous, July 2021
- V. 2017: 99 points, Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com, May 2020
- V. 2017: 97 points, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Robert Parker Wine Advocate, February 2020
- V. 2017: 95 points, Virginie Boone, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, October 2020
- V. 2017: 94 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous, April 2020
- V. 2016: 97+ points, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Robert Parker Wine Advocate, October 2018
- V. 2016: 94+ points, Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com, June 2019
- V. 2016: 92 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous, May 2019
- V. 2015: 96 points, Virginie Boone, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, July 2018
- V. 2015: 95+ points, Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com, June 2018
- V. 2015: 94 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous, April 2018
Vineyard & Vintage Character
Jennifer's Chardonnay is named in honor of co-proprietor Jennifer Hartford. This wine is defined by its power, concentration of fruit, structure and an underlying elegance. Jennifer's Chardonnay is sourced from a vineyard in the windy and very cool Sebastopol Hills neighborhood of the Russian River Valley AVA. The block was planted to old Wente selection Chardonnay in 2005. We now have a sense of the place and the wine it can produce and are very excited to share it with everyone.
Hand harvested at night. Clusters are whole cluster pressed before moving drectly to French oak barrels for fermentation. Native primary and ML. Long fermentations are followed by battonage for several months. Bottled unfined and unfiltered after 15 months of barrel aging.
